Eastern North Carolina

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Breweries

May 8, 2025

Goodbye to the Duck-Rabbit

One of North Carolina's O.G. craft breweries abruptly closed this week. It's a sign of the times, but also showed that big things are still possible in small towns.

Jeremy Markovich

I found actual quicksand in North Carolina. This is not a drill.

Coast

Apr 17, 2025

I found actual quicksand in North Carolina. This is not a drill.

An entire generation grew up being told that they were surrounded by spots where they might slowly sink to their doom. But is quicksand a real problem? It is in one place, thanks to dredging.

Jeremy Markovich

Seriously, it's the Rabbit Hole's fourth birthday

Birthdays

Dec 3, 2024

Seriously, it's the Rabbit Hole's fourth birthday

Here's a look back at the last year. Also, I put a Mexican raccoon in this story.

Jeremy Markovich

Tony Hawk

Nov 4, 2024

Tony Hawk wanted to track down a mysterious skateboarder from 1979. We found her.

A photographer snapped a shot of Shaunda Shane skating down her street in Fayetteville when she was 10. How did the world's most famous skateboarder see that picture 45 years later?

Jeremy Markovich

Greensboro

Oct 18, 2024

Let's all zoom in on Greensboro's ugliest spot

Someone made a video where they browsed Google Street View until they found a spot in North Carolina that was "ugly." Is there a lesson we can learn from this? Maybe?

Jeremy Markovich

Towns

Sep 6, 2024

Let's Remember Some North Carolina Towns

I asked you all to name a town in this state. For science. More than 600 of you did.

Jeremy Markovich

Cook Out

Aug 1, 2024

The Enduring Mystery of Cook Out

People across the South publicly and creatively show their love for a company that's remarkably private. Is it possible to get to know a fast food chain that doesn't want to talk about itself?

Jeremy Markovich

The Great Dismal Swamp isn't as great, dismal, or swampy as it used to be

State Parks

Jun 13, 2024

The Great Dismal Swamp isn't as great, dismal, or swampy as it used to be

Sure, it used to be all of those things, and the place has an important history as a hiding spot for runaway enslaved people, but its historic name doesn't exactly reflect its current reality.

Jeremy Markovich

Eastern North Carolina

Goodbye to the Duck-Rabbit

I found actual quicksand in North Carolina. This is not a drill.

Seriously, it's the Rabbit Hole's fourth birthday

Tony Hawk wanted to track down a mysterious skateboarder from 1979. We found her.

Let's all zoom in on Greensboro's ugliest spot

Let's Remember Some North Carolina Towns

The Enduring Mystery of Cook Out

The Great Dismal Swamp isn't as great, dismal, or swampy as it used to be

North Carolina Rabbit Hole